mandatory overtime
Forced additional work
Mandatory overtime is work hours an employer requires beyond the standard schedule, typically beyond forty hours per week.
Unlike voluntary overtime, employees must comply or face disciplinary action: The factory announced mandatory overtime through the holiday season.
Labor laws vary on limits and compensation, but the practice is common in healthcare, manufacturing, and during peak demand periods.
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- requiredNeeded by rule
- labor lawRules governing work conditions
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
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- work hourswork hours, office hours, work schedules, shifts, shift work
- labor abusewage theft, unpaid wages, worker exploitation, withheld wages, minimum wage violations
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- unpleasant jobsgarbage collection, meat packing, mucking stalls, latrine duty, coal mining
- staffingstaffing, turnover rates, hiring, staffing firm, staffing agency
mandatory overtimereduced hours
Shortened work time
part-time work · underemployment · time off · bankers' hours · furlough
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